Tribe Alcini Storer 1960 (auk)
Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Parent taxon: Alcinae according to N. A. Smith and G. Mayr 2013
See also Smith 2011 and Smith and Clarke 2011
Sister taxa: Alle, Brachyramphus, Cerorhinca, Mancalla, Pinguinus, Pseudocepphus, Synthliboramphus, Uria
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tongrube Wienerberger (Miocene of Germany)